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K-pop boy band WINNER member Mino (real name Song Min Ho) has unfollowed everyone on Instagram after he became embroiled in a controversy for following an account, which uploads sexually-suggestive and racy photos.

A Korean entertainment news site posted a story on 8 July detailing that Mino was following the Instagram account prettypuke owned by photographer Miller Rodriguez, who had worked with artists under YG Entertainment, Mino’s agency.

The same Korean media outlet earlier ran a story on Big Bang’s G-Dragon, another YG Entertainment artist who is fulfilling his military service, accusing him of getting VIP treatment at a hospital by being treated in a one-person room allegedly reserved for colonels.

Mino trended on Twitter after the controversy erupted and decided to unfollow all accounts, including Prettypuke, on Instagram. He currently has 3.9 million followers.

Mino is part of boyband WINNER Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)

The Instagram account in question became controversial in Korea for its photos including one of a child who holds a butt plug to his forehead, which turned out to be Rodriguez’s son.

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Rodriguez is a Los Angeles-based photographer who went to Korea in 2016 and held an exhibition.

On Instagram, he posted the photo of his son holding the sex toy and explained the story behind it.

Mino removed all of his follows Picture: Instagram)

‘Here is context to the image causing so much controversy in Korea. I fucking hate that it has come to this. This is my son Casper two years ago. Children are extremely inquisitive. My job as a dad is to be present, educate him, and protect him,’ he wrote.

He added, ‘My son happen to find his mother’s toy and began to play with with it. To him it’s just a found object, disgusting adults are the ones bringing negative connotation to such a simple image that shows no sexual intent.’

‘This moment in my life was just another day in the life of a parent. I’m a photographer and I document my environment. There was nothing salacious about my intentions with the photograph,’ Rodriguez defended.

Netizens defended Mino from the controversy as other YG Entertainment artists follow Prettypuke.

According to Netizen Buzz, one fan wrote: ‘#1 He’s a famous artist on Tumblr. He’s had several love calls by famous international artists like Sia and has never had any controversies. He even opened an exhibit in Seoul in 2016. #2 A lot of other celebrities follow him and he was also featured in CL’s music video.

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‘Other YG artists and staff follow him too. As for Song Minho, he followed him back in 2015 and hasn’t touched his follow list since. #3 YG will be suing you for starting rumors about this!’